1 I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
2 And the
3 For the vision
4 Behold, his soul
5 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine,
6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth
7 Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?
8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and
9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned
11 For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
12 Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!
13 Behold,
14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the
15 Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to
16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the
17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts,
18 What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols?
19 Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it
20 But the